eugenics

a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
Event social_theory Q170480
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eugenics

Summary

eugenics is a social theory[1]. eugenics ranks in the top 8% of social_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,773 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • eugenics is credited with the discovery of Francis Galton[3].
  • eugenics's instance of is recorded as social theory[4].
  • eugenics's instance of is recorded as fringe science[5].
  • eugenics's based on is recorded as Darwinism[6].
  • eugenics's based on is recorded as evolution[7].
  • eugenics is a type of ideology[8].
  • eugenics's Commons category is recorded as Eugenics[9].
  • eugenics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eugenics[10].
  • eugenics's Commons gallery is recorded as Eugenics[11].
  • eugenics's facet of is recorded as genetic determinism[12].
  • eugenics's facet of is recorded as social philosophy[13].
  • eugenics's facet of is recorded as scientific racism[14].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[15].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[16].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[17].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[19].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • eugenics's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[21].
  • eugenics's partially coincident with is recorded as genetic epidemiology[22].
  • eugenics's used by is recorded as Nazi Germany[23].
  • eugenics's contributing factor of is recorded as compulsory sterilization[24].
  • eugenics's contributing factor of is recorded as forced abortion[25].
  • eugenics's contributing factor of is recorded as forced pregnancy[26].
  • eugenics's contributing factor of is recorded as genocide[27].

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Context

Recorded instance of include social theory[4] and fringe science[5].

Why It Matters

eugenics ranks in the top 8% of social_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,773 views/month).[2] eugenics has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] eugenics is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pluralistic.net.. pluralistic.net.. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named by Francis Galton
    History of topic history of eugenics
    Instance of social theory, fringe science
    Topic's main category Category:Eugenics
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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